Southern Federal District
The Southern Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its territory lies mostly on the Pontic–Caspian steppe of Southern Russia.
- Type: Region with 16,100,000 residents
- Description: federal district of the Russian Federation
- Also known as: “Distretto Federale Meridionale”, “District federal du Sud”, “Districte Federal Meridional”, “Districte Federal Sud”, “Distrik Federal Pusat Selatan”, “Distrito Federal Sul”, “Distrito Federal Sur”, “Dobarth Ffederal Deheuol”, “Eteläinen liittovaltiopiiri”, “Güney Rusya Federal Bölgesi”, “Janubiy Federal okrugi”, “Juzjnyj”, “Južna Ruska”, “Okroug fédéral du Sud”, “Severno-kavkaško zvezno okrožje”, “Södra Ryssland”, “South”, “Suda F.R.”, “Venäjän federaation eteläinen liittovaltiopiiri”, “Wilayah Persekutuan Selatan”, “Жанубий федерал округи”, “Северо-Кавказский федеральный округ”, “Уæрæсейы Федерацийы Хуссар федералон зылд”, “Южный федеральный округ Российской Федерации”, “Южный ФО”, “ЮФО”, “Հարավային դաշնային օկրուգ”, “منطقة فيدرالية جنوبية”, “ناحیهٔ فدرالی جنوبی”, “दक्षिण केंद्रीय जिल्हा”, “남부 연방 관할구역”, “남부연방관구”, “北カフカス管区”, and “南部联邦区”
- Historically known as: “North Caucasian Federal District”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Rostov Arena and Southern Military District.
Southern Military District
Military installation
The Order of the Red Banner Southern Military District is a military district of Russia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rostov-on-Don and Nakhichevan.
Nakhichevan
Suburb
Photo: Elegant’s, Public domain.Leninavan
Village
Leninavan is a village, which is situated 8 km northwest of Southern Federal District.
Southern Federal District
- Category: federal district of Russia
- Location: Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.2313° or 47° 13′ 53″ north
Longitude
39.692° or 39° 41′ 31″ east
Population
16,100,000
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Open location code
8GVX6MJR+GR
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Southern Federal District” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Suidelike Federale Distrik”
- Arabic: “المنطقة الفدرالية الجنوبية”
- Arabic: “منطقة فدرالية جنوبية”
- Armenian: “Հարավային դաշնային շրջան”
- Armenian: “Հարավային դաշնային տարածաշրջան”
- Asturian: “Distritu federal del Sur”
- Azerbaijani: “Cənub federal dairəsi”
- Azerbaijani: “Cənub Federal Dairəsi”
- Bashkir: “Көньяҡ федераль округ”
- Basque: “Hegoaldeko Barruti Federala”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвая федэральная акруга”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвая фэдэральная акруга”
- Bosnian: “Južni federalni okrug”
- Bulgarian: “Южен федерален окръг”
- Catalan: “Districte Federal del Sud”
- Chinese: “南部联邦管区”
- Chinese: “南部聯邦管區”
- Chuvash: “Кăнтăр федераци тăрăхĕ”
- Croatian: “Južni savezni okrug”
- Czech: “Jižní federální okruh”
- Danish: “Sydlige føderale distrikt”
- Dutch: “Zuidelijk Federaal District”
- Eastern Mari: “Кечывалвел федерал йырвел”
- Erzya: “Россия Масторонть Лембеёнксонь федерациянь кужось”
- Esperanto: “Suda federacia regiono”
- Estonian: “Lõuna föderaalringkond”
- Finnish: “Eteläinen federaatiopiiri”
- French: “district fédéral du Sud”
- French: “District fédéral du Sud”
- Galician: “Distrito Federal do Sur”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთის ფედერალური ოკრუგი”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთის ფედერალური ოლქი”
- German: “Föderationskreis Südrussland”
- Hebrew: “המחוז הפדרלי הדרומי”
- Hungarian: “Déli szövetségi körzet”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Federal Selatan”
- Irish: “Dúiche Chónaidhme an Deiscirt”
- Italian: “Circondario federale meridionale”
- Japanese: “南部連邦管区”
- Korean: “남부 연방관구”
- Ladin: “Raion Federel dl Sud”
- Latin: “Districtus foederalis Meridianus”
- Latvian: “Dienvidu federālais apgabals”
- Lezghian: “Кьиблепатан федерал округ”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų federalinė apygarda”
- Macedonian: “Јужен федерален округ”
- Malay: “Daerah persekutuan Selatan”
- Malay: “Daerah Persekutuan Selatan”
- Maori: “Rohe Rūhia-ki-te-tonga”
- Marathi: “दक्षिण संघशासित जिल्हा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-pō͘ Liân-pang Koán-khu”
- Mingrelian: “ობჟათეშ ფედერალური ოკრუგი”
- Mongolian: “Өмнөд Холбооны тойрог”
- Northern Frisian: “Okrug Süüdruslun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Det sørlige føderale distrikt”
- Norwegian: “Den sørlige føderasjonskrets”
- Ossetian: “Хуссар федералон зылд”
- Persian: “ناحیه فدرالی جنوبی”
- Pfaelzisch: “Siedrusslond”
- Pfaelzisch: “Südrussland”
- Polish: “Południowy Okręg Federalny”
- Portuguese: “Distrito Federal do Sul”
- Pushto: “سوېلي فدرالي ولسوالۍ”
- Romanian: “Districtul Federal Sudic”
- Russian: “Южный федеральный округ”
- Scots: “Soothren Federal Destrict”
- Serbian: “Južni federalni okrug”
- Serbian: “Јужни федерални округ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Južni federalni okrug”
- Slovak: “Južný federálny okruh”
- Slovenian: “Južno federalno okrožje”
- Slovenian: “Južno zvezno okrožje”
- Spanish: “Distrito federal del Sur”
- Swedish: “Södra federala distriktet”
- Tagalog: “Katimugang Pederal na Distrito”
- Tamil: “உருசிய தெற்கு நடுவண் மாவட்டம்”
- Tamil: “தெற்கு நடுவண் மாவட்டம்”
- Tatar: “Көньяк федераль округ”
- Thai: “เขตสหพันธ์ใต้”
- Turkish: “Güney Federal Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Південний федеральний округ”
- Upper Sorbian: “Južny federaciski wobwod”
- Urdu: “جنوبی وفاقی ضلع”
- Uzbek: “Janubiy federal okrugi”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng liên bang Phía Nam”
- Vlaams: “Zuydelik Federoal District”
- Welsh: “De Rwsia”
- Welsh: “Dosbarth Ffederal Deheuol”
- Western Panjabi: “جنوبی وفاقی ضلع”
- Wu Chinese: “南部联邦管区”
- Yue Chinese: “南部聯邦管區”
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Places to explore: Novoye Poselenye and Pervomayskiy.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Main Bus and Coach station and Stantsiya Rostov-Prigorodnyy.
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